quote:
Originally posted by linx05
They are the best because they are made so well. When the disc makers create these discs they don't have each burner in mind. They create the discs as best they can with the top quality materials and dyes.
You may use a disc suited for your burner but they may not last long. Crap dyes will soon deteriorate and leave you with a nice little coaster.
I don't necessarily think they are the "best", but just seem to be a well known brand which seem to work well for people a lot of the time. These imation disks right in front of me could be the best, but are they sold at every single shop and are they the most expensive? And what defines "best", produce the least amount of errors on average? That's very important but I don't think that makes a certain brand of disk "better" overall in terms of other aspects of a disc (such as longability, which you mentioned). Verbatim might have very competitive prices which make people want to buy them, and they seem to get the job done quite well. Just a thought...
EDIT: This might be interesting (a link off the golden rules of burning page)
http://www.digitalfaq.com/media/dvdmedia.htm
/ 
